Research Report: Assessment of Commercial Ginger Cultivated in Nepal

Though Nepal is the third largest ginger producer in the world with high export potential in the international spice market, ginger exports is only limited to India with little or no value addition. There is a general lack of market information on quality parameters of ginger grown across Nepal. This has been identified as a major constraint for marketing Nepali ginger to wider export markets comprising of industrial buyers in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic business. This report aims to bridge that information gap by providing relevant stakeholders the information on physical and biochemical properties of Nepalese ginger, considered important from the trade perspective.